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Vehicle 50305 / 53305

Class 101

Builder: Met-Camm
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150 hp / Leyland 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30275
Diagram: 523

Allocations

Feb-58	New to	5D (Cockshute)
Apr-58	Transferred to	18A (Toton)
Jun-58	Transferred to	3E (Monument Lane)
20/06/60	Depot code change	21E
Sep-63	Depot code change	2H
w/e 07/01/67	Transferred to	2A (Tyseley)
May-73	Depot code change	TS
24/03/85	Transferred to	NC (Norwich)
21/09/89	Withdrawn from	NC (Norwich)
p/e 04/11/89	Reinstated	NC (Norwich) PNCX
14/07/91	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket) PHAX
16/01/92	Transferred to	LA (Laira) PLAX
28/09/92	Transferred to	HA (Haymarket) RAHA
19/04/94	Transferred to	HT (Heaton) RBBR
4w/e 24/06/95	Withdrawn

The vehicle carried the following numbers:

50305 - original number
53305 - from Jun-83 (53xxx / 54xxx change)

Modifications

Nov-85 - Radio Electronic Token Block fitted
Nov-85 - Headlamp fitted

Refurbished

At Derby Works dated 14/12/1976 released in white/blue stripe livery

Disposal

Scrapped by MC Metal Processing, Springburn

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:

	50305	59116	50323	As delivered to 5D - February 1958
	50305	59116	50323	Noted 2nd February 1958
	50305	59116	50323	Noted 12th March 1958
TY402	50305	59116	50323	Noted circa Jun-69
TY402	50305	59116	50323	Listed at 2A - 16/08/70
	50305	59116	50323	Noted 02/03/73 - in Birmingham New Street¹
	50305	59116	50323	Noted 23/08/75 - in Birmingham New Street²
	50305	59119	50329	Noted 27/08/77 - on 2E84 0645 Derby-Lincoln St Marks with 50670 + 59283 + 50720
TS408	50305	59119	50329	Noted 10/09/77 - at Aberystwyth²
	50305	59119	50338	Noted 23/07/79 - at Norwich²
TS408	50305	59119	50338	Noted circa 08/1979 - Barmouth³
TS408	50305	59119	50338	Listed at TS - 12/08/79
TS408	50305	59119	50338	Noted circa 01/1981³
TS408	50305	59119	50321	Noted circa 10/1981³
	50305	59119	50321	Noted 26/01/82 - at Norwich²
TS408	50305	59120	50321	Noted 05/06/82 - at Norwich²
TS408	50305	59535	50321	Listed at TS - Jan-83
TS408	53305	59536	53321	Listed at TS - 14/07/83
TS408	53305	59536	53321	Noted circa 03/1984³
100	53305	59536	53321	Noted 25/04/85 - at Norwich²
100	53305	59536	53150	Listed at Norwich - circa Nov-85
100	53305	59536	53182	Noted circa 11/1985³
100	53305	59536	53150	Listed at NC - Dec-85
100	53305	59536	53330	Noted 12/04/1986³
100	53305	59536	53180	Listed at Norwich - Summer 1986
100	53305	59536	53180	Noted 27/08/1986³
100	53305	59536	53180	Listed at NC - Apr-87
103	53305	59536	53321	Noted 21/12/1987 - at Queen Adelaide on Cambridge to Lowestoft.⁴
103	53305	59536	53321	Noted circa Jan-88
103	53305	59536	53321	Noted 26/03/1988³
103	53305	59536	53321	Noted 19/07/88 - on 09:36 Ely to Norwich with a Cravens parcels set attached
103	53305	59536	53180	Noted 08/06/89 - at Felixstowe
103	53305	59536	53180	Listed at NC - Feb-90
103	53305	59536	53180	Listed at NC - 21/01/91
	53305	59688	53180	Listed at HA - Jul-91
	53305	59688	53180	Listed at HA - Aug-91
	53305	59688	53180	Noted circa 10/1991³
HA103	53305	59688	53180	Listed at HA - Dec-91
P829	51246	59118	53305	Listed at LA - 02/07/92
P829	51246	59387	53305	Listed at LA - 24/09/92
P829	51246	53305		Listed at HA - November 1992
101829	51246	53305		Listed at HA - 10/12/92
101829	51246	59536	53305	Listed at HA - November 1993

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown
3: Eddie Knorn
4: Nicholas Youngman

Images:

1972

Set number: TY402

Class 101 DMU set TY402, led by DMBS M50305, is seen departing from Priestfield station in early 1972. Michael Mensing.

circa 1979

Set number: TS408

A refurbished Met-Camm DMU shunts at Stratford-upon-Avon circa 1979. It appears to be set TS408 with 50305 closest. John Law.

27th January 1979

Set number: TS408

At Hatton on January 27th 1979 is a six car formation with a three-car Class 101 (TS408, M50305 leads), a single Class 105 DMS, and a Class 105 DMS / Class 100 DMBS. They are working the 2.40pm Stratford-upon-Avon - Leamington Spa service. Michael Mensing.

8th June 1989

Set number: 103

53305 + 59536 + 53180 at Felixstowe on 8/6/89. Sparegang.

10th August 1992

Set number: 829

Class 101 53305, set number 829, is seen at Plymouth on 10.08.1992. Note the plate on the front where the headlight had been removed, and the RETB bracket from its Norwich days. Andy Cole.

1993

Set number: 829

The cab of 53305 is in need of a repaint when seen at Kirkcaldy in 1993. The rear DMBS is on the set appears to be receiving attention, and NSE liveried set 991 is attached behind. Andrew McConnell.

12th July 1993

Set number: 829

On 12/7/93, set 829 (53305/59118/51246) is seen stabled in platform 18 at Waverley station. 53305 is nearest to the camera. Behind 829 and fairly much out of sight is set 991 (53308/59125/53331). Later they will form the 17.27 to Perth via Cardenden and Ladybank. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – another was 53315/59115/53330 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.

September 1993

Set number: 829

Class 101 DMU set 829 (53305 + 59536 + 51246) and Class 117 set 117314 (51394 + 59489 + 51352) in Edinburgh Waverley station sometime in September 1993. Neil Smith.

September 1993

Class 101 DMBS 53305 in Edinburgh Waverley, September 1993. The remains of the RETB aerial shows it was once a Norwich vehicle, the distinctive white on black set number shows it was also once a Laira vehicle. The centre car behind is 59536, the pair were no strangers as it ran with the DMBS for several years during its time at Norwich and in earlier years at Tyseley. When the power car went from Norwich to Plymouth, the centre car was facelifted and became part of three-car Haymarket set 101691. That unit would then become a Corkerhill power twin, leaving behind 59536 to be reunited with its old friend. Neil Smith.

September 1993

Set number: 829

A six-car DMU formation, Class 101 set 829 (53305 + 59536 + 51246) and Class 117 set 117314 (51394 + 59489 + 51352) departs Edinburgh Waverley station sometime in September 1993. Neil Smith.

September 1993

Set number: 829

53305 and 59536 seen departing from Edinburgh Waverley in September 1993. Neil Smith.

The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

Date: circa 1970

Set number: TY402

Met-Camm set TY402 - which at this time would probably be 50323 + 59116 + 50305 - working with a Derby suburban set in the Birmingham area, circa 1970. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 11th September 1971

Set number: 470

Appleford Halt on 11 September 1971. Although the track has been relaid with concrete sleepers, the Halt itself still retains its GWR features - wooden platforms, the pagoda-shaped corrugated iron waiting shelters, and (off to the right) a brown and cream "APPLEFORD HALT" nameboard. BRC&W unit 470 (presumably 50305 + 59472 + 51320) is entering with the 17.20 Oxford to Paddington train. No doubt I'd visited Pendon, a modest walk across the meadows from here. Tom Burnham.

Date: unknown

Set number: TY402

Met-Camm set TY402 in Tyseley station circa early 1970s. DMBS M50323 is closes, with Special displayed on the destination blind, the other vehicles are presumably 59116 and 50305. The line in the foreground leads down to Tyseley depot on the left. Graham Clark.

Date: 21st June 1986

Set number: 100

Norwich based Class 101 DMU set 100 (53180 + 59536 + 53305) in Sudbury station on 21 June 1986. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 19th July 1988

Set number: 103

Class 101 set 103 (53321 + 59536 + 53305) has a Cravens parcel set on the rear which includes 53361 when seen seen at Queen Adelaide on the 09:36 Ely to Norwich, July 19, 1988. Nicholas Youngman.

Date: January 1990

Set number: 103

Class 101 set 103 (53180 + 59536 + 53305) at Felixstowe in January 1990. Robert28194.

Date: 27th February 1990

Set number: 103

The 18:20 to Lowestoft waiting to depart from Ipswich on 27 February 1990. It is formed of Norwich allocated Class 101 DMU set 103 with E53180 closest, the other vehicles are presumably 59536 + 53305. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Date: 12th July 1993

Set number: 874

53315 leads set 874 (53315/59115/53330) as it departs from Waverley station as the 16.34 to Glenrothes with Thornton on 12/7/93. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53308/59125/53331 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 12th July 1993

Set number: 991

53331 is seen at the rear of a six-car rake of 101's stabled in platform 18 at Waverley station on 12/7/93. The train comprises sets 991 (53331/59125/53308) and 829 (51246/59118/53305) and will later form the 17.27 to Perth via Cardenden and Ladybank. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – another was 53315/59115/53330 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Notice that 53331 still bears its yellow stripe over the first class saloon from its NSE days, even though ScotRail would have declassifed the saloon. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 27th July 1993

Set number: 991

The 17.05 Fife "Outer Circle" train (Edinburgh to Edinburgh via Dunfermline, Thornton and Kirkcaldy) leaves Waverley station on 27/7/93. It is formed of set 991 (53331/59125/53308), transferred to Haymarket five months previously from Reading, where it had been set L838 with Network South East. Its stay at Haymarket would not last much longer - it was transferred to Longsight the following month and put into departmental use there another month after that. During Spring and Summer 1993, Haymarket had a handful of Laira and Reading hand-me-downs at work – others were 53315/59115/53330 and 53305/59118/51246 – along with its quartet of refurbished cl.101 triples (101 691-4), mainly on Fife peak hour workings like this. By the end of the year, they were all gone, superseded by the refurbished cl.117’s let go by Tyseley once the Cross City line electrification was finally complete. Leonard Rogers.

Date: 10th June 1994

Set number: LO907

977811 + 977812 + 53305 + 51246 in York station on June 10, 1994. The cab windows of the Class 108 has what may read as "Regional Road Learning Saloon". Hamish Stevenson.

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